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.38 Special bullet coming from a Smith & Wesson 686, photographed with an air-gap flash.38 Special wadcutter loaded cartridges and a 148-grain (9.6 g) hollow-base wadcutter bullet, used for target shooting
.38 special wadcutters. On the right is an unloaded 148 grain hollow-base wadcutter bullet. From left to right: .577 Enfield Minie Bullet, Burton Pattern Minie Bullets, .58 Springfield (x 2), Williams Bullet missing zinc base, .69 Caliber Minie Bullet.
.38 Special wadcutters loaded cartridges, 148 grains (9.6 g) hollow-base wadcutter bullet and target showing the clean round holes. A wadcutter has a flat or nearly flat front that is typically as wide as the caliber size or only slightly smaller in diameter than caliber size.
These new revolvers were chambered for a new more powerful type of .38 Special ammunition capable of firing a 158-grain (10.2 g) metal-penetrating copper-tipped lead-alloy bullet at 1,125 feet (343 m) per second. [5] In comparison, conventional .38 Special ammunition fires a 158-grain (10.2 g) bullets at 755 feet (230 m) per second. [1]
A semiwadcutter (SWC) or flat-nose is a type of all-purpose bullet commonly used in revolvers.The SWC combines features of the traditional round-nosed bullets and the wadcutter bullets used in target shooting, and is used in both revolver and rifle cartridges for hunting, target shooting and plinking.
.38 caliber is a frequently used name for the caliber of firearms and firearm cartridges. The .38 is a large firearm cartridge (anything larger than .32 is considered a large caliber). [ 1 ] : 42 Before 1990, the standard sidearms of police in the United States were revolvers that fired the .38 Special cartridge, seconded by revolvers firing ...